Dr Seth Masters

Research Activities

Research in the Masters lab is focused on inflammation from the innate immune system. This can happen in many different contexts, for example during a bacterial or virus infection; when cells die during an organ or tissue transplant; or when genetic mutations activate innate immune pathways. The innate immune response is also fundamentally involved in the pathogenesis of many chronic inflammatory diseases like inflammatory bowel disease, type 2 diabetes, and neuroinflammatory conditions.